Lech Walesa

“We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.”

“He who puts out his hand to stop the wheel of history will have his fingers crushed.”

“I'm lazy. But it's the lazy people who invented the wheel and the bicycle because they didn't like walking or carrying things.”

“Words are plentiful, but deeds are precious.”

“The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I see it, is service to a fellow human being.”

“We must not forget that freedom is not a gift. It is a conquest.”

“Everyone wants to be a star. But to be a star, you have to be able to twinkle.”

“I have a very simple rule: you have to tell the truth. It’s the only way to be credible.”

“It is the people who must decide for themselves.”

“My country is a continent of invasions.”

“We are all prisoners of our past. It is hard to think of things except in the way we have always thought of them.”